All Heavenly destiny reduced to ashes
Chapter 814 - 142: Doubts (1/3)

Chapter 814: Chapter 142: Doubts (1/3)

As Bright Mirror Peak true disciples, everyone present had seen An Jing’s battle in Red Tower City.

They all knew that An Jing’s abilities indeed far exceeded the normal limitations of a Martial Meridian, a genuine top-tier Heaven’s Chosen that only appeared in significant eras.

They couldn’t defeat him, they really couldn’t.

As Martial Artists, it is important to be realistic and maintain the right attitude; after all, when fighting enemies in the future, the enemies won’t be sentimental nor will they spare one’s life just because one doesn’t acknowledge one’s weakness. Like mathematics, if you can’t win in Martial Arts, you just can’t win.

So they were very clear that if they could have a serious sparring session with An Jing, there was no doubt that it would improve their own prowess and uncover the deficiencies in their past cultivation.

Such opportunities are extremely rare, not to mention that every Divine Mandate has its own unique Divine Skill. If they could witness it, whether to learn or to verify, it would be endlessly beneficial for their own cultivation!

Moreover, these true disciples were also probing An Jing’s ’true intentions’.

Given An Jing’s power, clearing out these demonized tree-men would be very simple, at most, it would take a bit more time.

This time he specifically asked them to call upon disciples from various peaks to participate in coordinated assaults; surely, he wanted to observe the collaborative combat techniques of each peak, assess everyone’s abilities, and facilitate the upcoming sparring sessions!

—Really, he even found a reasonable excuse, clearly, everyone would be willing to cooperate if he just said so.

Just when An Jing announced the plan to clear the demonized tree-men.

Netherworld.

Several wills were exchanging.

[An Jing is going to take action against us]

[It’s not unexpected. In fact, compared to past observations of An Jing’s behavior patterns, this move is actually quite slow]

[Shouldn’t we stop him?]

[Just regular combat, no need for extra measures...based on our predictions, he likely wants to use this opportunity to showcase his command capabilities or extraordinary skills, and then gradually unify the Eight Peaks within the younger generation]

[Indeed, it’s a pretty good self-cleansing method. If the older generation’s internal traitors cannot be dealt with, then start with the younger generation. This way, the subsequent generation can naturally be controlled...Should we impede?]

[We can’t stop him, but we can investigate the situation within the peak when he clears the reconnaissance tree-men]

A brief inquiry and reply quickly determined the strategy. Heavenly Demons always act efficiently, never influenced by insignificant details.

Besides the Heavenly Demons of the Netherworld, various factions behind the scenes also learned about the events on Mingguang Peak through various means.

Regarding the eradication of demonized tree-men, they all believed it was merely an excuse, but they were unconcerned about An Jing’s true purpose.

In sum, all factions viewed this as a good opportunity; they all had things they wanted to investigate, so they planned to take advantage of An Jing’s departure, avoiding Mingguang Peak’s Great Formation, to probe into An Jing’s true strength!

Momentarily, on the surface, all the true disciples were harmonious, but underneath it, turbulent currents surged!

Mingguang Peak, the platform outside the main hall.

"Good!"

"No problem!"

"You’re right!"

Upon hearing An Jing’s proposal, Mi Xinghan was the first to agree, then others also voiced their agreement, Mou Yunying smiled and nodded: "That’s right, as true disciples, how could we only be adept at solo battles?"

"However, we still need An to show us the specifics – how many people this entails? How should the teams collaborate?"

"At most, no more than ten people. Too many would actually not be good, military formation and leading a team are two different concepts."

An Jing had already thought out all the procedures over the past ten days, he smoothly said: "Every demonized tree-man killed will leave either demon material, a demonized heart of the tree, or bark behind. Use that as the proof of quantity, even if nothing is left, simply note it down, I believe no one would resort to deceit over such trivial matters."

"As for collaboration, it’s flexible. You can even give your proof to others, anyway, it’s just the sequence. In the future, if any of the brothers and sisters wish to spar with me, I will certainly accompany them when I have time!"

"Good!"

Upon hearing this, Shi Liang, who had been silent and hardly spoke a few words, opened his mouth to praise: "An is straightforward, I’ll return to the peak and find some people."

Yue Yunhe also sat back on his Green Bird, which was eating the Longevity Green Wood Leaves planted by a certain Child of Calamity, and laughed heartily: "I’m leaving too, see you later!"

"See you!" "Till later!" "I’ll be back soon!"

The true disciples of Bright Mirror Sect were straightforward people; they left as soon as they decided. Soon, only An Jing remained outside the main hall.

Gu Yeqi walked out from the hall, handing a piece of Image Keeping Stone to An Jing, which recorded the entire process of everyone’s dialogue with An Jing.

"Did Eldest Senior find any flaws?"

An Jing had told Gu Yeqi about the internal traitors within Bright Mirror Sect, she wasn’t surprised—Da Chen is full of internal traitors, Tianyi Demon Sect is all traitors, the Heavenly Ancestor Upper Gate has both righteous and evil factions full of traitors, so how could Bright Mirror Sect be free from internal traitors?

"There are flaws indeed, but everyone has them."

An Jing lowered his eyes to contemplate. He could actually see that, among these seven true disciples, probably only Bai Luo could be judged completely without suspicion. Yet according to Grandmaster, Bai Luo’s Weichen Peak wasn’t considered virtuous, and the grand gift Bai Luo sent was fraught with suspicion, making it unclear why the matter itself indicated there’s certainly extraordinary cause and effect behind it.

Closing his eyes, a list floated in An Jing’s mind.

"Yue Yunhe is the disciple of Ye Po True Lord, although he’s a bit strange, he is dependable, and though he has some demonic Qi, it’s very faint, probably just incidental contact, he won’t be problematic."

After observing, An Jing determined Yue Yunhe from Star Dawn Peak was the only trustworthy individual.

Next were the three who appeared fine but had some doubts.

"Luo Qinghui similarly has no issues, she is cheerful, poor, and very audacious, but logically she wouldn’t exaggerate to the extent of coveting the Divine Skill talisman her teacher gave. I need to carefully examine the Divine Skill talismans she sent, maybe I’ll find something."

"Based on intelligence, Mi Xinghan usually is very talkative and cheerful, loose-lipped and loves to speak. My impressions and names of other true disciples are mostly spread through him, but this time he seemed unusually prudent and silent."

"Bai Luo’s gift was too grand, although it might be Weichen Peak’s way of thanking my uncle for locating Suran’s remains, but it was overly generous."

The three showed some abnormalities and doubts, but their demonic Qi was not heavy, hence not closely related to Heavenly Demons.

The remaining three were rather special.

"Shi Liang’s issue is that he almost has no trace of demonic Qi."

An Jing frowned, looking towards where Shi Liang left.

Shi Liang’s master, Universal Brightness True Lord, is a friend of Grandmaster Chenyinzi, their friendship has lasted for nearly a thousand years, both members of Bright Mirror Sect’s golden generation, theoretically the least suspicious.

But everyone bears demonic Qi, An Jing himself has almost been seasoned by the demonized tree-men around Mingguang Peak, why doesn’t he have any?

Did he knowingly contact demonic Qi sources and specifically clear them to avoid suspicion?

Not having flaws itself is a flaw!

As for Zuo Tiannan and Mou Yunying, their demonic Qi was too heavy to escape suspicion.

Listing the seven and their respective peaks, recording doubts and abnormalities, An Jing remained expressionless: "They’ve gone to lead the teams, we should prepare to set out as well."